Ljubljana, 10 August (STA) - Slovenia's industrial output saw a 7.2% rise in the first six months of 2018 compared to the same period last year, mostly on the back of growth in manufacturing, the Statistics Office said on Friday. At the monthly level, output edged down by 0.5% in June.

At the annual level, industrial output increased by 7.7% in manufacturing in January-June. Growth was also recorded in electricity, gas and steam supply (by 2.9%), while output dropped by 2.8% in mining and quarrying.

In June alone, industrial output grew by 5.8% year-on-year, while it edged down by 0.5% at the monthly level.

Output in mining and quarrying grew by 11.2%, in manufacturing by 6.2% and in electricity, gas and steam supply by 3.2% at the yearly level.

At the monthly level, output in mining and quarrying dropped by 1.3%, and edged down by 0.4% in manufacturing. It remained flat in electricity, gas and steam supply, the Statistics Office said.

A monthly drop of 0.9% was also registered in revenue, but it increased by 6.1% year-on-year. At the annual level, revenue increased the most in intermediate goods industries, by 8.2%.

The value of stocks of finished and unfinished production edged up by 0.1% at the monthly level, and was higher by 7.6% year-on-year.